#fandom preservation

[thatbloodyarchivist]

Do you like Zines? Do you wish you could get your hands on some out of print zines? Do you have zine pdfs or scans just lying around? Introducing my ZINE SPREADSHEET

While currently mostly Danganronpa heavy (it's what i have the most zines from) its to be an archive of all the zines I have saved and Zines I know about but have zero copies of! It will contain links to a google drive containing each zine, while also a link to any website still reliably selling the zine by the organizer, aka gumroad, it's basically all gumroad in those cases

If you have a zine pdf or scan or anything saved and you don't see it on the list? Get in contact so I can get a copy to archive and update the spreadsheet! Even if the fandom is not currently listed on the bottom tab, I am more then happy to add it!

There's also zines that are available for purchase that I haven't bought due to budgetary reasons listed as well, in case you have the spare change I currently don't have for it!

Check it out!!

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[starrybouquet]

I've gotten nothing else done today but I am happy to report that after trying to get this done for YEARS, all 709 of my public AO3 bookmarks are now in Calibre!

I am now slowly making progress on the 1100+ fics I've saved on FFN *winces*

If you're interested in doing this, please lmk! I'm sure there are tutorials online already but I do have some hacks to streamline stuff as well.

[taliquest]

Alright so here's the thing. I don't own a lot in the way of super valuable or rare merchandise, but what I do have is a very particular doujinshi crossover of a very particular pair of shows.

Problem 1: I have *never* seen this doujin before or since, I could not even tell you who created it.

Problem 2: *Because* of its rarity, I'm constantly torn between preserving it as-is, or dissecting it and scanning it for the greater YST and PGSM communities to enjoy a piece of shared history.

Help me out folks.

[blackfeatherdragon]

Call it being up late, but I had the realization that if Tumblr ever goes down (or goes through another purge like in 2018) then we'll potentially lose the YGO shiplists, which are all in the form of Tumblr blogs.

The end result is that I now have copies of all shiplists from DM through ARC V backed up as text documents. VRAINS, Sevens, and Go Rush will follow later hopefully.

[deelaundry]

\o/

scream. the first person to ship hilson did so before the pilot episode even aired on tv (src)

[pearleisuma]

In light of Iskall and Stress’s decisions to leave Hermitcraft, I ask all the fan-content creators to PLEASE NOT DELETE STUFF ASSOCIATED WITH THEM RIGHT AWAY. ESPECIALLY FICS. We don’t know the full context, and plus, it’s a part of Hermitblr History. At the very least, if you don’t want to be associated with their content, orphan the works or repost them anonymously. Heck, send them to me, just so we have an archive! Hermitblr has been so good about separating the ccs from the characters, so let’s not let interpersonal conflicts between the ccs majorly affect our enjoyment of the characters, especially with what little we know.

Edit 1: Everyone please take care.

Edit 2: Due to the way asks with Media work, if you send me fanart of Stress or Iskall, I will make it a separate post so as to not include or reveal your user. Alternatively, I can make a Google Form? Lmk.

Edit 3: WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A GOOGLE SHEETS MASTERDOC!! I’m working on formatting it so things are easier to find. Add images, links to both the original and your Wayback Machine Archives, credits, and more! I’ll get working on an anonymous google form.

[corviiids]

i found a bad post i made months ago in the privacy of my own home and now i need to air it out in public because it's getting mildewy and moths are eating it

[alicornze7]

Silly guys goin' on silly adventures:]

@rorydrawsandwrites's puppeteer au but the only difference is that jax gives consent

My contribution to this wonderful au has been long overdue:')

Rambling in tags ehe (cw: ribbun:p)

Well maybe it's not the only difference

[bisexualbaker]

Discord is also cracking down on image sharing, particularly hotlinking [definition], so watch out for that; just last night I came across some author's notes featuring an image that was hotlinked from Discord servers and therefore not loading.

Unfortunately, sometimes your best bet really is to get a third party image hosting service and to copy/paste text prompts in the notes.

I'm always seeing AO3 works with notes saying "Based on this fanfic prompt: [dead tumblr link]" or "Inspired by this fanart: [dead tumblr link]" or "[person] made this amazing fan edit of my story! Check it out:[dead tumblr link]."

Source posts disappear all the time on tumblr.

But reblogs don't!

So I am begging tumblr/AO3 users:

If you want to link a tumblr post in one of your AO3 works, please first reblog the post to your own tumblr blog, and then link your reblog, instead of linking the source post directly. That way your AO3 the link will keep working, even if the OP deletes.

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[lil-lemon-snails]

You find these two in a box in your attic, wyd?

I had a lot of fun scribbling on these guys!! there's a whole lot of texture going on hehe >:3c As always, close ups under cut!

[erial-c]

darlin driving the mates separately and guarding the hallway so that the couples won't see each other before the ceremony is still so funny . out of all people it's darlin who wanted to follow this tradition, or at least is the most serious about it

[musicofthenightphantomoftheopera]

KOSA SENATE VOTE UPDATE

The official senate vote is set to take place July 30th and then the senate goes on august break. If we can fight this bill and make sure it doesn't pass again, we'll have around a month before we have to fight it again!

So CALL AND EMAIL YOUR SENATORS!

This link below has a call and email masterpost with contact info for a few senators and 2 scripts (1 for democrat and 1 for republican) that works for calls, emails, and even fax! (yeah you can still fax your congress ppl. do with that info what you will) call and email and fax every day you can!

also, for my peeps that are still Minors, you can do all this too! you don't have to be an adult to contact your reps & senators! They don't even ask for your age! you especially need to be helping since this bill is trying to use you as a scapegoat and directly targets you. Don't let them unleash textbook fascism upon the internet in your name!

Spread the word! at the time I'm making this post (July 28th, 2024) we got a little under a day and a half to make as much noise as we can! SPREAD THIS LIKE WILDFIRE PPL

[skumhuu]

Thank you so much for taking the time to preserve not only my but other people’s art and writing in our little niche corner 💚 I know how much work goes into this sort of thing and I want you to know how much I appreciate you :D

It anyone wants to check out their museum/archive and support them for taking the time to organize this please do! You never know when fandom history gets lost over the years

Skumhuu Gallery

Recently, we finished a link chain of Skumhuu’s Masterlist.

_1 link includes eventual smut

AU’s:

Leviathantale

Megalodonetale

Mer

Eclipsetale: Comic / Gallery

Spiritual

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By far our favorite is their Throne comic. Though, be warned, it’s outside their usual suggestive material with parts 11 onward on twitter being explicit.

Nightmare x Dream

Both Nightmare and Killer unsympathetic.

Non con

** Throne Comic *** [link tree]

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Original: Skumhuu Masterpost

[lovedtogekiss]

quotev is an archival nightmare rn and its users are scrambling to document as much of it as they can before pretty much the entire private and social media half of the site goes down btw 💗

[time-for-crows]

Smpronpa being brought back and creators just saying “yeah lol we didn’t care it was just that guy” is so vindicating it feels like the world is healing!! Like. If you weren’t even in the smplive fandom but into mcyt at the time you probably still heard about the discourse surrounding it but it’s BACK!!! And we all love it!!!! Like we always did!!!! It was just that one guy who fucked it up!!! And caused a whole witch hunt about it!!! It may seem silly to care about this but holy shit being there in the trenches when everything happened was an experience to say the least.

[meeedeee]

The Internet Archive is under attack by corporations seeking to wrest more and more of our fair use rights, our public spaces and our communities from the public good. The Archive was recently forced into a settlement for scanning and digitizing legally purchased books. They are now facing a $325 million lawsuit for accepting donations of old 78 RPM historical music records that were digitized by volunteers. The goal is not only to stop the distribution of these works, but to create new legal precedents that make it illegal to preserve or archive for any reason. This will have a significant impact on our culture, our communities, and our future

Here is how you can help them

1. Use The Internet Archive Site

2. Save websites via "Save Page Now" browser tool

3. Become a patron to get a free "library card"

4. Curate & Upload to the Archive

5. Tell People That the Internet Archive Exists

6. Browse The Many, Many Collections

7. Take care of yourself and the people you care about

(Link will take you to a blog article that goes into these suggestions in detail)